{"id":13478,"date":"2011-07-19T18:23:22","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T23:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=13478"},"modified":"2011-07-21T03:43:44","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T08:43:44","slug":"captain-america-the-first-avenger-fortress-assault-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=13478","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review: Captain America Fortress Assault Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Before we get to the review, I want to apologize for how late this article is today.\u00a0 I had planned to post it some time this morning, but those intentions went awry.\u00a0 Better late than never though, so here\u2019s Tuesday\u2019s Captain America: The First Avenger review: The deluxe Fortress Assault Mission Captain America!<\/p>\n

As far as I know, Fortress Cap isn\u2019t based on any particular version of Captain America from the comics, although he looks like he could be.\u00a0 This deluxe figure\u2019s body armor looks like modified riot gear and kind of gives Cap the look of a Marvel Universe\u2019s version of Gangbuster.\u00a0 (As a fan of Gangbuster, I\u2019m totally OK with this.)\u00a0 I can picture in my mind Cap donning a costume like this to take on an entire mob of supervillains singlehandedly.<\/p>\n

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The other cool thing about this armor is that it makes Steve look so different that this figure doesn\u2019t even have to be Captain America at all. As a kid, I know I would have made this guy some sort of Super Riot Trooper, giving him his own name and origin that probably wouldn\u2019t have had much to do with Captain America. He could just be a tough-as-nails supervillain warden who takes care of prison uprisings all by himself.<\/p>\n

The body armor itself has a great sculpt with plenty of raised armor plates, straps, and even rivets.\u00a0 The helmet fits on him perfectly without giving him a giant head, which is always nice.\u00a0 When you take the helmet off, his head isn\u2019t too small for his body either, which is even better.<\/p>\n

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One thing I didn\u2019t like about the chest armor is how difficult it is to remove it. When the armor is in place the lower half wraps around his torso and snaps closed under his right arm. Instead of wrapping entirely around, they should have added a second snap underneath his left arm. As it is, you have to wrestle with his limited articulation while trying to coax the armor over his neck\/head and arm at the same time. It\u2019s not impossible, but it is much more annoying than it should be.<\/p>\n

The Cap figure underneath the armor is based on the Ulimates figure from the regular line with the segmented dark grays to his shirt while the lower half features a new deco altogether. He also has US Agents utility belt, this time in black.<\/p>\n

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One of the interesting things about his figure is that he has a much older face sculpt than I was expecting. When Noisy brought him over, I had expected him to be based on the regular Cap, but the Ultimate Cap as a base gives him a square jaw and more stern expression. He looks more like a grizzled war vet and that plays into the Armor nicely. The advantage of the Ultimates version is there’s no wings to get in the way of the helmet. I don\u2019t really miss them, and he looks better with the helmet on anyway.<\/p>\n

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The paint apps on Fortress Cap are pretty good.\u00a0 There are a few black bars on his armor that are slightly crooked, but aside from that he turned out much better than US Agent.\u00a0 The only point of concern is those darned elbows again.\u00a0 Like US Agents, they were molded red and painted white.\u00a0 Mine hasn\u2019t begun to chip yet, so the paint may be more durable here.\u00a0 But that doesn\u2019t mean this won\u2019t be a problem down the line. Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

The one thing I don\u2019t like about Fortress Cap is his limited articulation.\u00a0 He has a ball jointed head.\u00a0 His shoulders and hips are swivel\/hinges.\u00a0 His elbows and knees are hinge joints, while he has cut joints at his wrists and thighs.\u00a0 I know they were trying to cut down articulation that the armor might have blocked, which is fine.\u00a0 But that doesn\u2019t excuse them for not giving him a swivel waist and biceps.\u00a0 Not only are those two areas not blocked, but this is supposed to be a \u201cdeluxe\u201d figure.\u00a0 Sure, the armor is a great add-on.\u00a0 But as is, this Cap only looks good standing there in it.\u00a0 It\u2019s a bit difficult finding cool action poses for him to take.<\/p>\n

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Aside from the armor, Fortress Cap comes with a couple of accessories.\u00a0 First is his black and red shield, the bizarro twin to US Agent\u2019s.\u00a0 That was the original reason Noisy bought this figure, so that his US Agent could have a decent shield that mostly looked like his original.\u00a0 But, as Noisy warned me, Fortress Cap grows on you. If he were in my collection, I imagine he’d be keeping his shield. The only thing about the shield that I don\u2019t like is its use of straps instead of the peg\/wrist clip.\u00a0 I\u2019m a big fan of the Cap figures being able to carry their shields on their backs.\u00a0 Especially with a character like this, whose primary weapon requires two hands.<\/p>\n

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Cap\u2019s second weapon is a missile-launching-battering-ram-cannon.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if this weapon has shown up before, but I\u2019ve never seen it.\u00a0 It has a great sculpt with a lot of little details you don\u2019t normally see on a missile firing toy.\u00a0 I also love that both handles are on joints, so the cannon can be positioned various ways.\u00a0 I\u2019m not the biggest fan of firing weapons, but aside from the way-too-big missiles this is actually a pretty cool accessory.<\/p>\n

Aside from the downgraded articulation, I was really happy with this figure. Yeah, Noisy just bought him to give the shield to US Agent, but he’s a cool looking figure in his own right. If he were staying on my shelves, he’d be a new character in the Marvel Universe. Heck, he might just start his own team…<\/p>\n

-Vault<\/p>\n

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Before we get to the review, I want to apologize for how late this article is today.\u00a0 I had planned to post it some time this morning, but those intentions went awry.\u00a0 Better late than never though, so here\u2019s Tuesday\u2019s Captain America: The First Avenger review: The deluxe Fortress Assault Mission Captain America!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[169,26,34,10],"tags":[170,1107,2567,1104],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/fcapTN.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-3vo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13587,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=13587","url_meta":{"origin":13478,"position":0},"title":"Vault Review: Captain America International Patriots 3pk","date":"July 26, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"This review was originally intended to wrap up our Flags & Spandex Week, but then Preview Night had to go and be all amazing, so we decided to hold off for a few days and start our Armchair Coverage early. 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Suffice to say, it was well past time for Hasbro's Marvel line to get the same treatment\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Marvel"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26574,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=26574","url_meta":{"origin":13478,"position":5},"title":"Marvel Legends Captain America 2 Red Skull Review","date":"January 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In "Marvel"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13478"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13478"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13551,"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13478\/revisions\/13551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}